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Author:

Treu, Martin, 1957- author.

Title:

Signs, streets, and storefronts : a history of architecture and graphics along America's commercial corridors / Martin Treu.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xii, 384 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Signs and signboards--United States.
Roadside architecture--United States.
Cultural landscapes--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The making of Main Street : transformation and invention on the Commercial Frontier, 1700s-1899 -- The great blight way : electricity and reform from Main Street to City Center, 1900-1917 -- Visions and velocity : the Expansive Age of the automobile, 1918-1928 -- Sign as storefront : America discovers Modernism, 1929-1945 -- Landscapes of more and less : consequences of commercial freedom and restraint, 1946-1964 -- Rediscovering Main Street : retrenchment, repair, and reinvention, 1965-2010 -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

142140494X (hdbk. : alk. paper)
9781421404943 (hdbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)761383912

LCCN:

2011047322

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LOAX706 -- Library, Eastern Iowa CC (Muscatine)